the Ren and Stimpy in this drawing looks just like the ones in 'Big House Blues' and first season episodes. I'd like to see that version of Ren and Stimpy in future cartoons, personally. Preferrably, another R&S in outer space toon like 'Black Hole.' I love those 3 outer space toons with Commander Hoek nad Cadet Stimpy

John! It was unbelievably cool seeing you at the Con... let alone you RECOGNIZING me. And you and Katie did drawings for me! Surely one of the highlights of my life. As soon as I get my scanner working, I'll post pictures and the drawings!!

John and Katie- Thanks for being the greatest cartoonists in the world!

Yayyyy!!!John, It is a privelage and an honor to grace your page with my Hideous Face!That picture still floors me!I just finished the Adult Party Cartoon and it's great.My favorites are definately Altruists and Stimpys Pregnant.They look like they were all animated on 'ones' and the Jokes just keep on coming at you like a machine gun!This month just keeps getting better and better!Thanks Again!

"the Ren and Stimpy in this drawing looks just like the ones in 'Big House Blues' and first season episodes. I'd like to see that version of Ren and Stimpy in future cartoons, personally. Preferrably, another R&S in outer space toon like 'Black Hole.' I love those 3 outer space toons with Commander Hoek nad Cadet Stimpy"

I agree with everything you just said except the part about Black Hole. If they do another Space episode, I'd like to see something with the surreal, horror imagry of Marooned with the drama of Space Madness.

But back to Big House Blues. It's probably the most stylish episode visually in my opinion, because, like John said, there's a limited amount of styles, so it shines through. Plus Carbunkle animated that didn't they? They always do the best shit. I know Ren and Stimpy have evolved immensely since, but it would be cool to see characters in their raw form again.

In short, I'm looking forward to seeing another pilot from Spumco. I hope someone picks one up!

Anonymous said:"I'd like to see that version of Ren and Stimpy in future cartoons, personally. Preferrably, another R&S in outer space toon like 'Black Hole.' I love those 3 outer space toons with Commander Hoek nad Cadet Stimpy"

Those are my favourite episodes! I love all three, though I remember reading that John K was disappointed with Black Hole because there was supposed to be a crescendo of increasing weirdness in Ren's and Stimpy's mutations.

>We sold out of the Lost Episodes and the first 2 box sets of Ren and Stimpy. For some reason we couldn't sell any of the second Games box set. I can't imagine why not.

Maybe because some eediot hired Klasky-Csupo to draw the cover?

>I talked to Robert and suggested he help me write some George Liquor cartoons for straight to video and he said he loved George Liquor.

Hell yeah! You should do some TV Funhouse for SNL!

>(Although my usually tasteful and perceptive assistant Marc who comes from a long line of Usureres was not impressed with what he calls a technologically primitive presentation of puppet articulation.

Don'y you usually have to have a job to have an assistant? (HEY-OH!!!) Triumph is like Cecil The Seasick Serpant. Speaking of which, did you see Team America World Police?

>Well Triumph, makes me cry-with laughter!

There's irony there but I'm not touching it.

> Now you think I am a dirty Liar.

Nah, we already thought that, John. ;) (OK Insult Comic mode off)

>Maybe because all the guys are now drawing in that faggy Cal Arts flat phony ass Nickelodeon/Cartoon Network style.

I LOVE it when John RIPS things I HATE to shreds! Validation, it tastes so sweet.

Hi Mr K!! Meeting you at the con was like a dream and then I get props on your blog too!! it's all way too good to be true! I'll scan in the drawings you did me for this swag post!Ah my site's at www.sugarboukas.com (my comic's up at www.sugarboukas.com/PD) I think I forgot to give you a copy of the book, I feel so stupid! Ms. Rice and Ms. Marlo have some though.. It was so amazing meeting all you guys, thank you for the great advice and thank you for the pencil toppers, they're so cute I can't stand it!

Hi John! I only wish I had been to the Comicon, and that I had something to contribute here, but traveling isn't in the cards for me this year.

I just found your blog and the Preston Blair animation lessons yesterday, and I'm starting on those. It'll take me forever to catch up, but I'm going to do it...just bear with me; I'm not very good at all yet. Thanks for doing this!

Wow... it's amazing to me that my favorite cartoonist of all time seems to be such an a-hole. "N****r Rape" hotel? No one else finds that bizarre or offensive? Oh well, I guess we're all white after all.

And I'm sick of the Calarts hating... I'm currently going there and I see a wide variety of styles there. Sure, plenty of it sucks, and some of it I just don't like, but a lot of it is freaking amazing. Maybe you just don't see that art.

It's ridiculous to say that the culmination of crappy animation that exists today comes from the faggy wimp asssmackers (like me) at Calarts. It's not very inspiring to hear this kind of stuff from one of the artists I look up to the most.

John K.'s slight was not a self-censored and highly offensive racial slur. It was the joke in general.

Honestly, would it have been any better if he had said "Black-Man Rape Hotel"?. Certainly not. Also, just becasue you censor a word doesn't mean it's no longer implied and therefore just as offensive.

Finally, I think everyone should remember that no matter how much you dislike the person for who they are, that person's art should stand alone. None of you stopped watching the work of Clampett and Avery and all the other racists at old-time cartoon studios. Their material is far more offensive and happens to be proudly displayed in their films.

Finally, I think everyone should remember that no matter how much you dislike the person for who they are, that person's art should stand alone. None of you stopped watching the work of Clampett and Avery and all the other racists at old-time cartoon studios. Their material is far more offensive and happens to be proudly displayed in their films.

And that idiotic rant gives the title "anonymous" yet another blemish. Sigh, another perfectly good blog post mired by spiteful assholes. If the garbage can icon was available to me, I'd erase just that above post immediately.

It has more dignity. It would've been even better to say, "Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute of Advanced Research in Sexual Violation and Stereotype Perpetuation." That's the real name. I got my Doctorate in Runaways there.

hello mr k. Please please hurry on releasing more ren and stimpy lost episodes! I have a request too. Could you put William Cobb in the next show? Please? Besides ren and stimpy I think he's hilarious also!Reminds me of my old gramps, haha!Thank you for creating Ren and Stimpy. Without them cartoons would ultimately suck. They are the greatest!Keep em running!sincerelykatie ziggysgirl@cox.net

hello mr k. Please please hurry on releasing more ren and stimpy lost episodes! I have a request too. Could you put William Cobb in the next show? Please? Besides ren and stimpy I think he's hilarious also!Reminds me of my old gramps, haha!Thank you for creating Ren and Stimpy. Without them cartoons would ultimately suck. They are the greatest!Keep em running!sincerelykatie ziggysgirl@cox.net

Here's the second half of moustache fever...http://rockitpack.blogspot.com/2006/07/spum-smo.htmlThat's my buddy Tom (aka Smo). I was really happy with the attention to detail you put into his Cigarrettes the Cat drawing. There's nothing better that a crooked cat penis to brigthen your day! Rock on!

Ok so the guy who swears South Park is just horrible entertainment, writing and all, representing the down fall of today’s cartoons and blah, blah, blah...is now claiming to love the writing and entertainment value of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog...

I really don't see how what that guy (Triumph’s writer/"puppeteer") has been doing that is all that different from what South Park has been doing, other than he’s using crappy puppets instead of crappy animations. Anyhow, I guess the point is what makes you laugh makes you laugh…SOUTH PARK included!

Dont hate on Triumph and South Park. These are two of the only good animation/funny things done in the last 20 years (along with Ren and Stimpy)It's ok if you hate Family Guy and everything on Cartoon Network because that crap does suck. THe artwork was kind of annoying for the Simpsons, but it was funny and clever and a bit of a pioneer, so I have to give it credit. My opinion is what counts and I am right

Oh, John, good news. You're a whole nickel richer today. I just bought the Ren & Stimpy APC collection today. So far I've only watched Naked Beach Frenzy, Stimpy's Pregnant, and The Altruists. Since most of it was great, I'll only point out things I didn't like. It'll take up less space.I was underwhelmed by Stimpy doing Curly's patented arm gesture in Naked Beach Frenzy. Here, Stimpy only moved his arm. Curly however, would get his entire shoulder into it. Actually, it was more like his entire upper body. Not only that, his arm flowed in a perfect wave almost ballet-like really. Whoever animated that scene with Stimpy should have incorporated that a bit more.

I also didn't care for those long intros before each cartoon. Those would have been better used as audio commentary. Yes, I know you can press a button and skip those intros, but I'd still prefer them elsewhere.

thanks again john! you guys are amazing! and those lost episode commentaries totally rock! especially the bakshi ones! my friends had him as a professor a couple years ago...first day he came in to class and lit a cigarette, everyone was kinda dumbfounded and one kid asked if he could smoke in class too...to which bakshi replied: "whadda i look like? your father? what the hell do i care!"

Oh, another thing I found strangely odd (or oddly strange) were the white Indians in Stimpy's Pregnant. They reminded me of the white Africans in those George of the Jungle episodes and it made me smile.

Speaking of GotJ, have you seen ? (Scroll down to July 21 for the story). Doesn't it just make you want to go and throw up all over Studio B? What is Bartleman thinking? >:P

John, so you're the main artist on Big House Blues, right? Im a little confused as to if you did any art on any other episodes. I wanna know the guy that did most of the character animation on Space Madness and Stimpy's Big Day?? Whoever did that animation is AMAZING. I know Carbunkle did the animation, but who within Carbunkle?? Who did the weird french calypso harpsichord music??

stimpy's pregnant? haha even without the ending it's totally an homage to i love lucy...in a twisted sort of way! when ren got in the car to go to the hospital i started cracking up "are they gonna do it? are they gonna do it? THEY DID IT!"

Yes, but the red was moreso like a caucasian with a sun burn. Natives have somewhat of a maroonish-brown tone to their skin. Believe me, Saskatchewan is pretty much Native central in Canada so I've seen many different examples.

(To any censor monkeys reading this, that statement was not a complaint or anything so save your rants, please).

>I was underwhelmed by Stimpy doing Curly's patented arm gesture in Naked Beach Frenzy. Here, Stimpy only moved his arm. Curly however, would get his entire shoulder into it. Actually, it was more like his entire upper body. Not only that, his arm flowed in a perfect wave almost ballet-like really. Whoever animated that scene with Stimpy should have incorporated that a bit more.